[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 31 (Monday, March 13, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D225-D227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





             COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Boyd Kevin Rutherford, of 
Maryland, and Linda Avery Strachan, of Virginia, each to be an 
Assistant Secretary, Gale A. Buchanan, of Georgia, to be Under 
Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, and Marc L. 
Kesselman, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel, all of the 
Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Food and Drug 
Administration, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water, to hold hearings to examine an 
overview of the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for 
the Office of Science, the Energy

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Supply and Conservation account, and the Fossil Energy Research and 
Development account within the Department of Energy, 2:30 p.m., SD-
138.
  Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the D.C. Court 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency, and the D.C. Public 
Defender Service, 3 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine military 
strategy and operational requirements in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years 
defense program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine health 
benefits and programs in review of the defense authorization request 
for fiscal year 2007, 2:30 p.m., SR-325.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Joint Strike 
Fighter F-136 Alternate Engine Program in review of the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years 
defense program, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of James S. Simpson, of New York, to be 
Federal Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation, and 
Robert M. Couch, of Alabama, to be President, Government National 
Mortgage Association, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine wireless issues relating to spectrum reform, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Wall Street 
perspective on telecommunications, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
budget request for fiscal year 2007 for the National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine administrative 
challenges facing the Social Security Administration, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider 
Convention between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of Bangladesh for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes 
on Income signed at Dhaka on September 26, 2004 with an exchange of 
notes enclosed (Treaty Doc. 109-05), Protocol Amending the 
Convention Between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of the French Republic for the Avoidance of 
Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to 
Taxes on Income and Capital, signed at Paris on August 31, 1994 
(Treaty Doc. 109-04), Protocol Amending the Convention Between the 
United States of America and the French Republic for the Avoidance 
of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect 
to Taxes on Estates, Inheritances, and Gifts signed at Washington on 
November 24, 1978 (Treaty Doc. 109-07), Protocol Amending the 
Convention Between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of Sweden for the Avoidance of Double Taxation 
and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income 
signed at Washington on September 30, 2005 (Treaty Doc. 109-08), 
Protocol of 1997 to Amend the International Convention for the 
Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as Modified by the 
Protocol of 1978 thereto (hereinafter the ``Protocol of 1997''), The 
Protocol of 1997, which would add Annex VI, Regulations for the 
Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships, to the International 
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as 
Modified by the Protocol of 1978 (hereinafter the ``MARPOL 
Convention''), was signed by the United States on December 22, 1998 
(Treaty Doc. 108-07), Treaty Between the United States of America 
and Japan on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at 
Washington on August 5, 2003; including a related exchange of notes 
(Treaty Doc. 108-12), Treaty Between the United States of America 
and the Federal Republic of Germany on Mutual Legal Assistance in 
Criminal Matters, signed at Washington on October 14, 2003, and a 
related exchange of notes (Treaty Doc. 108-27), and the nominations 
of Randall L. Tobias, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, Mark D. Wallace, of 
Florida, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of 
America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations, during his tenure of service as Representative of the 
United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management 
and Reform and to be Representative of the United States of America 
to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank 
of Ambassador, Richard T. Miller, of Texas, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of 
the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of 
service as Representative of the United States of America on the 
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and to be 
Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and 
Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, 
John A. Simon, of Maryland, to be Executive Vice President of the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, promotion lists in the 
Foreign Service, and an original bill to implement the obligations 
of the United States under the Protocol Additional to the Agreement 
Between the United States of America and the International Atomic 
Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the United States 
of America (Treaty Doc. 107-07), 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine Federal 
contractors with unpaid tax debt, focusing on the extent to which 
contractors are tax delinquent and what can be done about it, 9:30 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine 
consolidation in the oil and gas industry, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Michael A. Chagares, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Third Circuit, Gray Hampton Miller, to be United 
States District Judge

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for the Southern District of Texas, and Jeffrey L. Sedgwick, of 
Massachusetts, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 
and Sharee M. Freeman, of Virginia, to be Director, Community 
Relations Service, both of the Department of Justice, 3 p.m., SD-
226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, hearing on the House of 
Representatives, Office of Compliance and the Architect of the 
Capitol, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, 
and Independent Agencies, on the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 9:30 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans' Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on Central Command, 1:30 p.m., 143 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and 
Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations, on the Attorney 
General, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Department of Defense 
Quadrennial Defense Review, 2 p.m., and to mark up H. Res. 685, 
Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of State and 
the Secretary of Defense provide to the House of Representatives 
certain documents in their possession relating to any entity with 
which the United States has contracted for public relations purposes 
concerning Iraq, 5:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Review of the 
Rudman Report on Fannie Mae, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emerging Threats and International Relations, hearing entitled 
``Drowning in a Sea of Faux Secrets: Policies on Handling of 
Classified and Sensitive Information,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Prevention of 
Nuclear and Biological Attack, to markup the following: Office of 
Domestic Nuclear Detection; Annual Report to Congress on the 
Directorate of Science and Technology; and Project Bioshield 
Material Threats Act of 2006, 5:30 p.m., 1310 Longworth,
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 3509, Workplace Goods Job Growth 
and Competitiveness Act of 2005, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 4939, Making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2006, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.